Archive · Tuesday, August 18, 2026

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⟢ ⟢ ⟢ BEAR TRAP

Pre-market

S&P500 . . . -0.10%

NASDAQ . . . -0.45%

DOW . . . . . +0.05%

Momentum ¹

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Trending This Morning

SPCX	+0.23%	(Space Exploration Technologies)
NOK	-0.55%	(Nokia Corporation Sponsored)
INTC	-0.18%	(Intel Corporation)
NVDA	-0.06%	(NVIDIA Corporation)
NU	-0.27%	(Nu Holdings Ltd.)

Top Stories

→ It’s Crunchtime Again for Canada to Avoid New U.S. Tariffs
→ China Hunts for Scientific Talent. The U.S. Is Making It Easier.
→ Nvidia to Back Ohio Data Center With as Much as $105 Billion
→ China Wants to Shape What the World’s A.I. Knows
→ Unexpected Drop in U.S. Retail Sales as Shoppers Feel the Squeeze

Definitions

1 Momentum shows whether an index finished up or down over the last 10 days -- the leftmost arrow is 10 days ago, and rightmost is yesterday.

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